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  Best way of projecting text

  Posted by Candelario Andrade on November 11, 2012 at 5:48 am

  Hello everyone,

  I need to project a series of one-liners on to 3×1.5 ft screens. They are video clips (as opposed to image files) as they appear “typed” on stage.

  I had prepared them using FCP. The text is black against a white background. I am using times new roman (It has to look as if it was typed by a typewriter).

  I wonder if any of you guys may have any tips on what’s the best way to prepare the files (resolution, size, etc.) I am experienced on projection design but I always find text so difficult!

  Cheers!
  Cande

  Walter Soyka replied 13 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Walter Soyka

  November 20, 2012 at 2:47 am

  [Candelario Andrade] “I had prepared them using FCP. The text is black against a white background. I am using times new roman (It has to look as if it was typed by a typewriter).”

  Try Courier, not Times.

  [Candelario Andrade] “I wonder if any of you guys may have any tips on what’s the best way to prepare the files (resolution, size, etc.) I am experienced on projection design but I always find text so difficult!”

  The answer depends on the resolution of the projector and the playback system you’re using for the media files.

  Walter Soyka
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